grease,grit,and grime removal

other than sittin on a bucket with a screwdriver,pokin away at 56years of build up on the front and rear ends of the car.what do you guys recommend?
its a little too cold for the steam pressure washer

 

oven cleaner

 

Castrol super clean and a hose with a good nozle hooked up to hot water! Let the cleaner soak for a while then the hot water just washes every thing away.






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brake parts cleaner

 

Just don't buy dirty ****, buy only clean parts and cars and you will never have to worry about it again.

 

having my teenage son sittin on a milk crate with a screwdriver and putty knife s****ing it off.

 

Cliffy i bet you wear rubber gloves when you work on you rod or wait sounds like you pay someone to do it for you

 

i guess i'm lucky..there is a car wash about 3 blocks from me open 24 hours..and it is heated...a little engine degreaser ..let it soak...a liitle use of a putty knife....then blast away......leave before someone sees the mess.....****s to be them

 

I use my old carpentry chissels and a hammer if needed. That old hardened grease and dirt just flies in all directions when you get stuck into it. If it,s freezing outside you will have to get stuck into it just to keep warm.

 

of all the years Ive been s****in front ends, Ive yet to find anything that can penetrate that 30/40 year old caked on dirt/grease......the oven cleaner sounds good.....might give it a go too..brake/carb cleaner seems to evaporate real quick if sprayed on........I will be doin the same job real soon too rodknocker ..bert

 

"Easy-Off" oven cleaner has worked well for me as well...esoecially if you have hot water and a good hose nozzel. Might take several applications of the tough stuff.

48 Poncho

 

Me too, I learned it on the HAMB. Oven cleaner doesn't like paint or eyeballs, so be careful.

 

I've been using a putty knife to get the big stuff, Castrol degreaser then, hit it with grease and wax removing prep and a wire brush to get the final bits.
It's just a ****y process. Worth it when it's done though.

 

Like the other said, oven cleaner, if you don't mind losing any paint that was still there before you started. I get the stuff at a dollar store, pick up about 5 or six cans at a time. Then, hit it with the pressure washer and simple green or castrol.